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17. Blessing Song
… word proclaimed. From the mouth of the girl, he heard the song: “Without a doubt Yoseph is alive!” Delightedly hearing … Like this, she was blessed, never to die. This blessing song is found in twenty-five variants among the thirty-eight … of stanza 3 are a striking adaptation of phrases from the Hebrew “Morning Blessings” with which devout Jews begin each …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… This song was recorded by women from three different Kerala … precious paḷḷi, Oh Lord forever we praise! This song for the dedication of a new sefer Torah is performed in … Cohen (without repetitions or a refrain) to the melody of a Hebrew piyyut : Torat ’Adonai Temimah (’ Areshet 1980, …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… Sung by women from Kochi, Parur, and Chendamangalam, this song for the donation and dedication of a new Torah scroll … from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to two stories from midrash. One tells how the … that this second melody was also used for teaching the Hebrew alphabet to children. _____________________________ …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… Please bring Your children; bring Your People now. This song celebrates the building of the oldest synagogue still … other Jewish elders from Kerala refer to the Shekhinah (Hebrew), the Divine Presence—shining in a Torah ark. After … and opened to the public in 1995 (Fishof 1995). This song about the synagogue (which is found in only two …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… in unity, to dwell in unity. This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry Kochi, … 1958, 226; Segal 1993, 38,110). A complete version of the song translated here is found in three Paradesi books, one … from ours. For the sake of rhythm and authenticity, several Hebrew words have been included without translation in this …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… our life, Waken our hearts to praise You, Lord. This poetic song of praise for one of the two synagogues in Ernakulam … of Kerala Jews in India) read a Malayalam text of this song for the first time, he was able to recall details he … dedication to occur in Kerala. Set to the tune of a popular Hebrew bakashah, ’Elohei ‘Oz Tehilati ( Sefer Tefilat …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… the trumpet he came, With kurava [3] and beautiful women’s songs. 32. In the center of the paḷḷi they asked him to … that regal figure as he is imagined in some old Paradesi songs for which we have no recordings. Here he is the leader … capitalized term “People” or “Peoples”—comparable to the Hebrew ‘Am Israel (people of Israel), which encompasses all …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… Attar, Buzaglo became a foremost performer of Andalusian Hebrew music in its southern tradition from Marrakesh and … his followers. Rabbi Buzaglo’s proficiency in modern Hebrew songs and possible liturgical adaptations has been little … includes a qadish and a qeddusha , based on the Hebrew song from the Land of Israel “Ḥamesh shanim ‘al Michael,” …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… Your holy name be praised forever, O Lord Tamburan. This song straddles genres, combining an origin narrative with features of a typical paḷḷi song, but the origin story is unique, and the synagogue … here. _____________________________ [1] Heikhal is the Hebrew and Jewish Malayalam term for the Ark, an often …
3. Song of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Leaving Kodungallur)
… are You, O Lord Tamburan. This is the only known Malayalam song that records and expands on the origin story that … the destruction of Kodungallur. Though the text of the song does not mention the destruction of the Second Temple, … the old Malayalam measure kātam substituting for the old Hebrew measurement parasang used in a midrash describing the …